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Greg Chism
Computational and Data Science Educator (Ph.D.)
Education
Ph.D. Entomology and Insect Science (minor in EEB)
Tucson, AZ
University of Arizona
2022 - 2017
- Advisor: Dr. Anna Dornhaus
- Interdisciplinary research into how ant nest shapes affects how they behave
- Considered the implications towards animal behavior and human architecture fields
B.S. Zoology
Santa Barbara, CA
University of California Santa Barbara
2016 - 2014
- Advisors: Drs. Armand Kuris, Kevin Laugherty, Jonathan Pruitt
- Investigation into the food web of sandy beach arthropods.
- Probing animal personality of sandy beach jumping spiders and social spiders
- Graduated distinction within major (EEMB)
A.A. Biology
Redding, CA
Shasta Community College
2014 - 2012
Certifications
Certified Data Carpentries Instructor
Tucson, AZ
University of Arizona
2022 - 2022
- Trained to provide high quality data science workshops that are inclusive and broad reaching
Teaching and Mentorship
Data Science Fellows
Tucson, AZ
University of Arizona
2022 - 2022
- Educated scientists at the Postdoctoral level in a dynamic environment that developed, exchanged, and created data science expertise towards solving cutting edge research problems in health and biomedical sciences.
Roots for Resilience (R4R)
Tucson, AZ
University of Arizona
2022 - 2022
- Educated senior grad students from a variety of academic domains to use data science techniques to encourage discoveries within their domains.
Research Compendium Using GitHub and RStudio
Tucson, AZ
University of Arizona
2022 - 2022
- Created and taught a workshop series on reproducuble research compendium using GitHub and RStudio
- Created a companion Quarto book that served as workshop materials for asynchronous learners.
Exploratory Data Analysis in R Workshop Series
Tucson, AZ
University of Arizona
2022 - 2022
- Created and taught a workshop series on exploratory data analysis using the dlookr R package.
- Created a companion Quarto book that served as workshop materials for asynchronous learners.
KEYS Program Educator
Tucson, AZ
University of Arizona
2022 - 2022
- Created and implemented an interactive Open Science and Machine Learning Curriculum for Title I high school seniors
- Taught introduction to R/RStudio utilyzing RStudio Cloud
Undergraduate Research Mentor
Tucson, AZ
University of Arizona
2020 - 2018
- Dornhaus lab: nine students mentored in producing publication quality data
- Two students are coauthors on publications
Insect Discovery Teaching Assistant
Tucson, AZ
University of Arizona
2019 - 2018
- Taught insect science K-8 title I students from the Southwest through four on-campus workshops
- Gave on-site interactive demonstrations on insect science at the Flandrau Planetarium
KEYS High School Student Mentor
Tucson, AZ
University of Arizona
2019 - 2019
- Mentored an advanced high school student in data etiquette and hypothesis testing
SARSEF High School Student Mentor
Tucson, AZ
University of Arizona
2018 - 2018
- Mentored three high school students in data etiquette and hypothesis testing
Professional Development
Foundational Open Science Skills (FOSS)
Tucson, AZ
University of Arizona
2022 - 2022
- Participated. CyVerse’s 10 week virtual workshop that taught the principles, practices, and how-tos for doing collaborative open science using cutting-edge, open source cyberinfrastructure, in a collaborative, hands-on setting.
Developing the Data Science Classroom
Washington D.C.
RStudio::conf(conf)
2022 - 2022
- Participated. Equip educators with concrete information on content, workflows, and infrastructure for painlessly introducing modern computation with R and RStudio within a data science curriculum.
Basic & Advanced Container Camp
Tucson, AZ
University of Arizona
2022 - 2022
- Participated. CyVerse’s Basics and Advanced workshops on container technologies are game-changers, enabling you to easily share, scale, and reuse tools and workflows for all types of computational analyses.
Data-driven Ecological Synthesis 2018
Montreal, Canada
Université de Montréal
2018 - 2018
- Participated. Applying the R programming language to answer a diversity of biological questions
Published Teaching Curriculum
Data7 EDA in R Workshop Series
GitHub repository
N/A
2022 - 2022
- Companion materials and Quarto Book for my Exploratory Data Analysis in R workshop series
Data7 Reproducible Research with GitHub and RStudio Workshop Series
GitHub repository
N/A
2022 - 2022
- Companion materials and Quarto Book for my Reproducible Research with GitHub and RStudio Workshop Series
Data7 KEYS Internship Open Science Materials
GitHub repository
N/A
2022 - 2022
- Compantion Quarto presentations and R Markdown for my KEYS internship open science curriculum
Published Research Compendium
AntColonyPerformance
GitHub repository
N/A
2022 - 2022
- Zenodo published pre-release for a research compendium to reproduce in preparation research
NestArchOrg
GitHub repository
N/A
2022 - 2022
- Zenodo published research compendium to reproduce results from DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.06.30.498314
HumidityProject
GitHub repository
N/A
2022 - 2022
- Zenodo published research compendium to reproduce results from DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.06.30.497551
Published Research
Nest shape influences colony organization in ants: spatial distribution and connectedness of colony members differs from that predicted by random movement and is affected by nest space
bioRxiv Preprint
N/A
2022 - 2022
- Coauthored with Nichols, W., and Dornhaus A.
Temnothorax rugatulus ants do not change their nest walls in response to environmental humidity
bioRxiv Preprint
N/A
2022 - 2022
- Coauthored with Faron W., and Dornhaus A.
A hymenopteran odorant alerts flies to bury eggs
bioRxiv Preprint
N/A
2021 - 2021
- Coauthored with Davis, S. M., Maurer, M. M., Trejo, J. E., Garcia, R. J., & Schlenke, T. A.
ABCTracker: an easy-to-use, cloud-based application for tracking multiple objects
arXiv Preprint
N/A
2020 - 2020
- Coauthored with Rice, L., Tate, S., Farynyk, D., Sun, J., Charbonneau, D., … & Shin, M. C.
Intraindividual behavioral variability predicts foraging outcome in a beach-dwelling jumping spider
Scientific reports
N/A
2017 - 2017
- Coauthored with Lichenstein, J.L.L, Pruitt J.N.
Published Datasets
Data repository for DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.06.30.498314
Zenodo
N/A
2022 - 2022
- Nest shape influences colony organization in ants: spatial distribution and connectedness of colony members differs from that predicted by random movement and is affected by nest space (1.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6784395
Data repository for DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.06.30.498314
Zenodo
N/A
2022 - 2022
- Temnothorax rugatulus ants do not change their nest walls in response to environmental humidity (1.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6780270
Outreach and Service
RStudio Connect Landing Page
Tucson, AZ
N/A
2022 - 2022
- Build an interactive dashboard displaying user metrics, facilitated monthly project highlights, and consulted on how to collaborate and best utilize the UArizona RStudio Connect platform.
- Expected completion: October, 2022
Insect Discovery Website
Tucson, AZ
N/A
2022 - 2022
- Designed content for the Insect Discovery website, hosted by the UArizona Extension Program
Invited Talks
How nest shapes can influence colony level organization
Small intercontinental lab meet-up on colony organization and nest architecture in social insects
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2021 - 2021
- Invited talk
Nest architecture may influence ants the same was buildings influence humans
Advances in Complex Systems: From Ecology to Economics - Lake Como School of Adv. Studies
N/A
2019 - 2019
- Invited talk
The influence of nest architecture on colony level organization in ants
UArizona SIAM Seminar series
N/A
2019 - 2019
- Invited talk
Selected Awards
Carruth Award for Graduate Student Excellence
$500
N/A
2021 - 2021
GIDP - EIS Program Education Award
$250
N/A
2020 - 2020
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, Award Accepted
$300,000
N/A
2019 - 2019
References
Anna Dornhaus (Ph.D.)
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- Professor
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- The University of Arizona
Jeffrey Oliver (Ph.D.)
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- Data Science Specialist
- University Libraries
- The University of Arizona
Maliaca Oxnam (M.A.)
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- Deputy Director
- Data Science Institute
- The University of Arizona
Nirav Merchant (Ph.D.)
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- Director/Co-PI
- Data Science Institute/CyVerse
- The University of Arizona